Auto Accident News Blog

Woman and Child Hit By Car While Crossing Downtown Street

Recent reports have surfaced in relation to a car vs. pedestrian accident that took place near City Hall Square South and McDougall Street in downtown Windsor on Wednesday afternoon. According to witnesses, the driver of a black Chevrolet Cruze sedan with Michigan plates collided with a woman and her child while they were attempting to... Read More

Westbound Lanes of County Road 22 Closed After Three Vehicle Crash

Crews from the Lakeshore Fire Dept. were dispatched at approximately 3 p.m this afternoon in response to a three vehicle accident that occurred on County Road 22, just east of Manning Road. The serious collision involving a Ford F-150 pickup resulted in the closure of westbound lanes on the roadway, with two victims being taken... Read More

Study Finds Driving While Pregnant Can Be Risky

Expectant mothers ask Dr. Donald Redelmeier about all sorts of pregnancy dangers  from roller-coasters to bear attacks  but never about the one that counts: car crashes. New research by Redelmeier’s team involving more than half a million Ontario women shows pregnancy is associated with a substantial risk of a serious traffic accidents requiring emergency care.... Read More

Howard Avenue Head On Accident Attributed To Distracted Driving

Details of a serious, two vehicle accident that took place on Saturday afternoon on Howard Avenue just near the Dougall Parkway overpass. According to the Windsor Police Traffic Dept, the collision which destroyed both cars and resulted in both drivers needing hospitalization has been attributed to a 25 year old female driver being charged with... Read More

Greg Monforton Asked By Law Times To Weigh In On Proposed Distracted Driving Legislation

Following the February 2014 decision to increase distracted driving fines in Ontario which took effect on March 18th the Ontario government is now proposing new legislation that targets all mobile device users while also introducing new rules to include pedestrians, cyclists and other commercial vehicle operators. While driver education had been the primary tool used by the... Read More

How Are Car Accidents Reconstructed?

Moments after an accident, occupants of all vehicles involved are often asked to provide their own version of exactly what happened. During this moment the details can be fuzzy and in the case of a serious accident, the victim may not share their story with law enforcement until hours after the crash occurred. Technical accident... Read More

Two Injured In Giles Boulevard East Collision

Windsor Police and EMS services have released details on a serious two car accident that took place on Sunday afternoon at the Giles Boulevard East and Dougall Avenue intersection in Windsor. The incident involved a Chevrolet Cavalier and a Pontiac Montana that resulted in two vehicle occupants being taken to a local hospital by the... Read More

Will Black Boxes Become Mandatory in Cars? Some Regulators Hope So

If you have recently been involved in an auto accident, its likely that the details of the crash were recorded in your vehicles black box. According to the U.S. government, more than 90 percent of all new cars have these devices. It was actually the black box in Brooke Melton’s 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt that helped... Read More

Pickup Truck Strikes Pedestrian On Tecumseh Road

Windsor Police have released details on a pedestrian accident that occurred at approximately 1 p.m on Friday afternoon. According to reports, the female accident victim was crossing Tecumseh Road at the intersection of Tecumseh Road East and Rose Ville Garden Drive and was struck by a Ford F-450 pickup truck as the vehicle was trying... Read More

Dying Motorist Spends Last Moments With Friend

Leah Garrod had a broken leg and there was no hope of lifting the smoking SUV off her dying friend. So she crawled over to Katie Robson and lay next to her, hoping to make her last moments as peaceful as possible. I had to get out through the back first, said the 19-year-old Garrod,... Read More